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CAS-ICH 245184 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 27 Aug 1976 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 125/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Bonnie M.  Field Number MAB76-18 Date Collected 27 August 1976 : 1530
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Mendocino County
Water Body South Fork Ten Mile River Drainage Ten Mile River Island Group Island
Depth Width 6 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality Ten Mile River, south fork
Latitude-Longitude 39.5118417°N, 123.7173333°W Bottom Type benthic algae over gravel
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 21 C. Some small fish thrown back. Half the stickleback were captured schooling (100 fish including some males with nuptial coloration) in a pool 6x55 m, 25 cm deep (where the fish were captured). Belostomatids found only in patch of watercress. Also caught Oncorhynchus mykiss and Cottus sp.